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Molecule Polarity

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Version: 1.02 (change log)
When is a molecule polar? Change the electronegativity of atoms in a molecule to see how it affects polarity. See how the molecule behaves in an electric field. Change the bond angle to see how shape affects polarity. See how it works for real molecules in 3D.

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Teaching Resources

Main Topics

  • Polarity
  • Electronegativity

Sample Learning Goals

  • predict bond polarity using electronegativity values
  • indicate polarity with a polar arrow or partial charges
  • rank bonds in order of polarity
  • predict molecular polarity using bond polarity and molecular shape

Tips for Teachers

The teacher's guide (pdf) contains tips created by the PhET team.

Teaching Ideas

Title Authors Level Type Updated
Molecule Polarity This contribution was designed by PhET. This contribution has received a Gold Star because it is a high quality inquiry-based activity that follows the PhET design guidelines (PDF) and teachers have found it useful. Julia Chamberlain, Kelly Lancaster UG-Intro
HS		 HW
Lab		 1/31/12
Molecule Polarity- Inquiry and Applications This contribution was designed by PhET. This contribution has received a Gold Star because it is a high quality inquiry-based activity that follows the PhET design guidelines (PDF) and teachers have found it useful. Trish Loeblein HS
UG-Intro		 HW
CQs
Lab		 10/23/11
Using PhET in High School Chemistry- all my activities in pdf This contribution was designed by PhET. This contribution has received a Gold Star because it is a high quality inquiry-based activity that follows the PhET design guidelines (PDF) and teachers have found it useful. Trish Loeblein HS
UG-Intro		 CQs
HW
Demo
Lab		 7/20/13
Concept Questions for Chemistry using PhET This contribution was designed by PhET. This contribution has received a Gold Star because it is a high quality inquiry-based activity that follows the PhET design guidelines (PDF) and teachers have found it useful. Trish Loeblein UG-Intro
HS
MS		 CQs 7/9/13
Molecular Geometry and Polarity Ted Clark UG-Intro Lab
HW		 7/14/12
Outlining Bonding vs. Shape Polarity Amanda Zullo HS CQs
HW
Lab		 1/2/12
Molecular Polarity PhET Lab Chris Bires HS Lab 10/22/11
분자 극성 SIM 사용지침서 이화국(Wha Kuk Lee) HS
MS		 Demo
Other
Lab		 5/13/13

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Chinese - Simplified 中文 (中国) 分子极性 Run Now
Chinese - Traditional 中文 (台灣) Molecule Polarity 分子極性 Run Now
Danish Dansk Molekylær polaritet Run Now
Dutch Nederlands polariteit molecuul Run Now
Finnish suomi Molekyylin polaarisuus Run Now
French français Polarité de la molécule Run Now
Galician Gallegan Polaridade da molécula Run Now
German Deutsch Molekulare Polarität Run Now
Greek Ελληνικά Πολικότητα Μορίων Run Now
Hebrew עברית קוטביות מולקולרית Run Now
Hungarian magyar Molekulák polaritása Run Now
Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia Polaritas Molekul Run Now
Italian italiano Polarità molecolare Run Now
Japanese 日本語 分子の分極 Run Now
Khmer Khmer ម៉ូលេគុលប៉ូលែ Run Now
Korean 한국어 분자 극성 Run Now
Macedonian македонски Поларност на молекули Run Now
Norwegian Bokmal Norwegian Bokmål Molekylpolaritet Run Now
Norwegian Nynorsk Norwegian Nynorsk Molekylpolaritet Run Now
Persian Persian قطبيت مولكول Run Now
Polish polski Polaryzacja Cząsteczek Run Now
Serbian Српски Поларност молекула Run Now
Slovak Slovenčina Polarita molekuly Run Now
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Spanish español Polaridad de la Molécula Run Now
Spanish (Peru) español (Perú) Polaridad de la Molécula Run Now
Swedish svenska Molekylpolaritet Run Now
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Software Requirements

Windows Macintosh Linux
Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later 		OS 10.5 or later
Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later 		Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later

Credits

Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Kelly Lancaster (lead)
  • Chris Malley (developer)
  • Julia Chamberlain
  • Emily Moore
  • Robert Parson
  • Kathy Perkins
  • Piccolo2D
  • Jmol
  • Jack Barbera
  • Trent Parker
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